How can we protect better and spend best? 28 EU Member States spend €200 billion per year on defence. We need to work together to be more efficient and protect EU citizens.

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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voiced its disapproval.
So are EU member states actually moving closer to forming such an army or not? How viable would such a project be and what are the potential pros and cons?
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Produced by IsabelleRomero, AnaïsGuérard and Guillaume Charpin
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Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

The policy area of defence is principally the domain of nation states, and the main military alliance in Europe remains the intergovernmental North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which includes 22 of the EU member states together with four non-EU European countries, Albania, Iceland, Turkey and Norway, as well as the United States and Canada. The development of the CSDP with regard to the existing role of NATO is a contentious issue. The military form of European integration has however intensified in the beginning of the 21st century, bringing about the deployment of numerous CSDP operations and the establishment of EU battlegroups. The latter have however never been engaged in operations, and other, recent examples of military integration, such as the European corps, gendarmerie force and air transport command, are intergovernmental, and outside the institutional framework of the union.

History

The European Defence Agency is part of several decades of steadily more formal defence cooperation in Europe. Its work is a continuation of the work of the Western European Armaments Organization (WEAO) and the Western European Armaments Group (WEAG) – it effectively represents the transference of their functions from the WEU to the EU framework, and thus continues the decommissioning of the WEU. It may also be seen as growing out of the Eurofighter Typhoon project, and other collaborative defence efforts.

Scope

While the European Council has no formal legislative power, it is a strategic (and crisis-solving) body that provides the union with general political directions and priorities, and acts as a collective presidency. The European Commission remains the sole initiator of legislation, but the European Council is able to provide an impetus to guide legislative policy.

The meetings of the European Council, still commonly referred to as EU summits, are chaired by its president and take place at least twice every six months; usually in the Justus Lipsius building, the headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. Decisions of the European Council are taken by consensus, except where the Treaties provide otherwise.

Pooling Resources on EU Defence

How can we protect better and spend best? 28 EU Member States spend €200 billion per year on defence. We need to work together to be more efficient and protect EU citizens.

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Security and defence: Has the time come for an EU army?

Security and defence: Has the time come for an EU army?

Security and defence: Has the time come for an EU army?

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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voiced its disapproval.
So are EU member states actually moving closer to forming such an army or not? How viable would such a project be and what are the potential pros and cons?
A programme presented by Eve Irvine
Produced by IsabelleRomero, AnaïsGuérard and Guillaume Charpin
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Q& A European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

Pooling Resources on EU Defence

How can we protect better and spend best? 28 EU Member States spend €200 billion per year on defence. We need to work together to be more efficient and protect EU citizens.

published: 10 Nov 2017

Security and defence: Has the time come for an EU army?

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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voice...

Q& A European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voiced its disapproval.
So are EU member states actually moving closer to forming such an army or not? How viable would such a project be and what are the potential pros and cons?
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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voiced its disapproval.
So are EU member states actually moving closer to forming such an army or not? How viable would such a project be and what are the potential pros and cons?
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Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

Q& A European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

published: 09 Jun 2017

Mihnea Motoc - The Future of European Defence Cooperation: Towards a Defence Union.

European Union's defence policy: how is the future? lecture

European Union's defence policy: how is the future? lecture
Despite low expectations, the European Council meeting in December 2013, which had a special focus on defence, witnessed some progress towards defining a common route forward for EU defence policy. With Member States facing an evolving set of strategic challenges, there is increasing impetus to improve defence cooperation at EU level. In the speech, Daniel Keohane considered what direction EU defence policy might take, as well as some of the challenges facing greater collaboration in this area.
About the Speaker:
Daniel Keohane is ResearchDirector at FRIDE, where he previously worked as a Senior Researcher and Head of Strategic Affairs. Before joining the organisation, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the European Union Inst...

The EU's Common Security and Defense Policy

published: 06 Jun 2017

HRVP Mogherini, Javier Solana and Joshcka Fischer talk EU defence

published: 13 Dec 2017

European Defence Union Time to Aim High?

European DefenceUnion: Time to Aim High?
Find out more at https://www.martenscentre.eu/events/european-defence-union-time-aim-high
2017 was an important year for EU Defence cooperation. In June, the Commission launched the European Defence Fund and in December EU member states established PermanentStructured Cooperation (PESCO), which had laid dormant in the Lisbon Treaty since 2009. The Commission also published a reflection paper on the future of European Defence that includes ambitious proposals for a ‘common defence and security’.
In his paper For a True European Defence Union – published as part of the Martens Centre ‘Future of Europe’ series – Prof. Jolyon Howorth assesses these recent developments but goes well beyond them. He illustrates the concrete steps EU policy makers sh...

Military Balance 2017: Global defence analysis

On 14 February the IISS launched The MilitaryBalance 2017, the latest edition of the institute’s authoritative annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics. The IISS simultaneously launched Military Balance+, an online, interactive database that allows subscribers to search and access it in new ways, delivering faster results.
IISS Director-General and Chief ExecutiveDr John Chipman presented the research findings contained in this new volume, and there was a question-and-answer session with a panel of IISS experts.
The Military Balance 2017 contains region-by-region analysis of the major military and economic developments affecting defence and security policies, and the trade in weapons and other military equipment. Comprehensive tables detail arms orders an...

Daniel Keohane - France and the Future of European Defence

About the Speech:
In his address, Mr Keohane discussed the possible implications of the FrenchPresidentialElections for French defence policy, and the future of European defence policy. Mr Keohane argued that France has been the most militarily active European member of NATO in recent years, which includes a large domestic deployment because of an ongoing state of emergency. He contended that if France wishes to maintain its ambition to be a “European power with global reach”, the next French President will have to make some major defense policy choices - ranging from military operations and spending, to capabilities and international partnerships. He also set out the perimeters in which these decisions will be taken, namely the uncertainty created for the EU by Brexit, the policies of ...

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

This lecture analyses early moves towards European unity in the early 1950s - the European Coal and Steel Community and the abortive proposal for a European Defence Community, a European Army. Britain was sceptical towards these initiatives. The lecture will then analyse the structural basis of the EEC and why it was that Britain was not one of the signatories in 1957 of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Communities.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-the-european-coal-and-steel-community-to-the-common-market
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.
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This lecture analyses early moves towards European unity in the early 1950s - the European Coal and Steel Community and the abortive proposal for a European Defence Community, a European Army. Britain was sceptical towards these initiatives. The lecture will then analyse the structural basis of the EEC and why it was that Britain was not one of the signatories in 1957 of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Communities.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-the-european-coal-and-steel-community-to-the-common-market
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege

European DefenceUnion: Time to Aim High?
Find out more at https://www.martenscentre.eu/events/european-defence-union-time-aim-high
2017 was an important year for EU Defence cooperation. In June, the Commission launched the European Defence Fund and in December EU member states established PermanentStructured Cooperation (PESCO), which had laid dormant in the Lisbon Treaty since 2009. The Commission also published a reflection paper on the future of European Defence that includes ambitious proposals for a ‘common defence and security’.
In his paper For a True European Defence Union – published as part of the Martens Centre ‘Future of Europe’ series – Prof. Jolyon Howorth assesses these recent developments but goes well beyond them. He illustrates the concrete steps EU policy makers should take if they are serious about achieving ‘strategic autonomy’, the goal proclaimed in the EuropeanGlobal Strategy. How would a European Defence Union look like? How can it be achieved? What would it mean for EU-NATO cooperation? Is a European nuclear deterrent feasible?

European DefenceUnion: Time to Aim High?
Find out more at https://www.martenscentre.eu/events/european-defence-union-time-aim-high
2017 was an important year for EU Defence cooperation. In June, the Commission launched the European Defence Fund and in December EU member states established PermanentStructured Cooperation (PESCO), which had laid dormant in the Lisbon Treaty since 2009. The Commission also published a reflection paper on the future of European Defence that includes ambitious proposals for a ‘common defence and security’.
In his paper For a True European Defence Union – published as part of the Martens Centre ‘Future of Europe’ series – Prof. Jolyon Howorth assesses these recent developments but goes well beyond them. He illustrates the concrete steps EU policy makers should take if they are serious about achieving ‘strategic autonomy’, the goal proclaimed in the EuropeanGlobal Strategy. How would a European Defence Union look like? How can it be achieved? What would it mean for EU-NATO cooperation? Is a European nuclear deterrent feasible?

On 14 February the IISS launched The MilitaryBalance 2017, the latest edition of the institute’s authoritative annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics. The IISS simultaneously launched Military Balance+, an online, interactive database that allows subscribers to search and access it in new ways, delivering faster results.
IISS Director-General and Chief ExecutiveDr John Chipman presented the research findings contained in this new volume, and there was a question-and-answer session with a panel of IISS experts.
The Military Balance 2017 contains region-by-region analysis of the major military and economic developments affecting defence and security policies, and the trade in weapons and other military equipment. Comprehensive tables detail arms orders and deliveries, major training activities and international comparisons of defence expenditure and military personnel. This year’s book contains analysis of challenges to European defence, detail on the US military presence in Europe and assessments of Russian military modernisation, among many other themes. It traces the continued evolution of defence spending and military capabilities in the Asia-Pacific, as well as the global spread of advanced weapons.
The launch took place in the Lee Kuan YewConferenceRoom, Arundel House, 13–15 ArundelStreet, TemplePlace, LondonWC2R 3DX*.

On 14 February the IISS launched The MilitaryBalance 2017, the latest edition of the institute’s authoritative annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics. The IISS simultaneously launched Military Balance+, an online, interactive database that allows subscribers to search and access it in new ways, delivering faster results.
IISS Director-General and Chief ExecutiveDr John Chipman presented the research findings contained in this new volume, and there was a question-and-answer session with a panel of IISS experts.
The Military Balance 2017 contains region-by-region analysis of the major military and economic developments affecting defence and security policies, and the trade in weapons and other military equipment. Comprehensive tables detail arms orders and deliveries, major training activities and international comparisons of defence expenditure and military personnel. This year’s book contains analysis of challenges to European defence, detail on the US military presence in Europe and assessments of Russian military modernisation, among many other themes. It traces the continued evolution of defence spending and military capabilities in the Asia-Pacific, as well as the global spread of advanced weapons.
The launch took place in the Lee Kuan YewConferenceRoom, Arundel House, 13–15 ArundelStreet, TemplePlace, LondonWC2R 3DX*.

Security and defence: Has the time come for an EU army?

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French and German defence ministers have announced plans for a European defence union - complete with military headquarters, ready-to-deploy troops, and even its own budget. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU Commission, has said the 28-member union needs its own army in order to be taken seriously internationally. The proposed EU defence cooperation has now won the backing of several of the bloc’s members, including both Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But there is opposition against the creation of an EU army too. While Britain, which has now voted to leave the EU, has thus far been the strongest critic of a joint EU defence force, Ireland has also voiced its disapproval.
So are EU member states actually moving closer to forming such an army or not? How viable would such a project be and what are the potential pros and cons?
A programme presented by Eve Irvine
Produced by IsabelleRomero, AnaïsGuérard and Guillaume Charpin
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Opening statement on EU Defence plan in European Parliament

Opening statement by Federica Mogherini, and Jyrki Katainen, Vice-Presidents of the EC, on...

Q& A European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

The policy area of defence is principally the domain of nation states, and the main military alliance in Europe remains the intergovernmental North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which includes 22 of the EU member states together with four non-EU European countries, Albania, Iceland, Turkey and Norway, as well as the United States and Canada. The development of the CSDP with regard to the existing role of NATO is a contentious issue. The military form of European integration has however intensified in the beginning of the 21st century, bringing about the deployment of numerous CSDP operations and the establishment of EU battlegroups. The latter have however never been engaged in operations, and other, recent examples of military integration, such as the European corps, gendarmerie force and air transport command, are intergovernmental, and outside the institutional framework of the union.

The EuropeanUnion and German automakers reacted with dismay Thursday after the US said tariffs on car imports could be on the horizon, potentially opening a new front in a burgeoning transatlantic trade conflict. AmericanCommerce SecretaryWilbur Ross on Wednesday raised the threat of car tariffs ... The post European Union and German automakers dismayed as US weighs auto tariffs appeared first on Raw Story ... ....

The Europeans need to table a resolution against the U.S ... "The heads of the three European nations must promise not to raise any objections to Iranian missiles or Iran’s presence in the region ... succeeds in disturbing Iranian oil sales, the Europeans must promise to buy whatever quantity we wish to ......

Q& A European Defence Fund

Read-out of the College meeting of 07/06/2017 by Vice-President Jyrki KATAINEN and HRVP Federica MOGHERINI on the ReflectionPaper on the future of European Defence by 2025, and on the proposal for a European Defence Fund

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Mihnea Motoc - The Future of European Defence Cooperation: Towards a Defence Union.

About the Speech:
In his address, Mr Mihnea Motoc outlined the different scenarios for mo...

From the European Coal & Steel Community to the Common Market - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

This lecture analyses early moves towards European unity in the early 1950s - the European Coal and Steel Community and the abortive proposal for a European Defence Community, a European Army. Britain was sceptical towards these initiatives. The lecture will then analyse the structural basis of the EEC and why it was that Britain was not one of the signatories in 1957 of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Communities.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-the-european-coal-and-steel-community-to-the-common-market
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege

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Military Defence Spending Cuts And The EU Military Union

The British Constitution Group - David Ellis - Strategic Defence Initiatives
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The EuropeanUnion and German automakers reacted with dismay Thursday after the US said tariffs on car imports could be on the horizon, potentially opening a new front in a burgeoning transatlantic trade conflict. AmericanCommerce SecretaryWilbur Ross on Wednesday raised the threat of car tariffs ... The post European Union and German automakers dismayed as US weighs auto tariffs appeared first on Raw Story ... ....

The Europeans need to table a resolution against the U.S ... "The heads of the three European nations must promise not to raise any objections to Iranian missiles or Iran’s presence in the region ... succeeds in disturbing Iranian oil sales, the Europeans must promise to buy whatever quantity we wish to ......

Andrea Agnelli, chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), told the Guardian newspaper in an interview that ... "I think if we manage to find some grounds in which we can discuss this with the European national associations, the European leagues, UEFA and the clubs, I think it's just a normal evolution you would have in the game," he said....

The popular read-it-later service has sent an email to European users alerting them that from today they’ll be cut off from accessing the service as the company (own by Pinterest) needs more time to comply with the GeneralData Protection Regulation rules, which come into effect on Friday, reports the Verge... to European users reads.....

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - A bounce across miners and oil stocks helped European stocks nudge higher in early trading on Thursday, though carmakers' shares came under pressure after the U.S ... However, a bounceback among miners and big oil stocks helped European indexes secure gains, with the FTSE 100 trading flat....